When You Left

II

You did that quite a lot. Come home late at night, completely wasted. And I did the same thing every time, I took care of you.

You'd come home, unbalanced and slurring your words. I could never tell what demeanor you'd assume that night. It was so irregular. One night clingy, another lustful and another completely indifferent. It hurt every time. No matter what form you took, it always hurt.

But you always stayed. I saw you in the morning, see you off, go about my day, wait for you to come back and have dinner together. 

I woke up early this morning to cook you a good breakfast. I make bacon and eggs, just the way you like them, and toast the bread and cut up fruits.  

You walk through the door and I smile. We eat and I give you medicine for your hangover. Other days, this is when you apologize for coming home drunk. But today, there was nothing. 

You get ready and walk out the door emotionless, without as much as a goodbye. I feel a pang in my heart. Maybe your head hurt too much. Yeah...that's probably it. 

I had to go out of the city for work today, so I leave you a note.

Babyy~

I'm out of the city today. It'll probably take time. I'll be back late. I made dinner and put it in the fridge, heat it up and have it ok?  I put some painkillers on the side table in the room in case your head still hurts. I'll see you when I get home. Love you~

I leave it on the dresser near the entrance, so that it's the first thing you see.

I go downstairs to the parking lot and sit down in my car. I settle down and turn on my phone to access the GPS. I look at my wallpaper.

It's a picture of you and me when we went to the amusement park. 

I was so excited. I wanted to go on all the roller-coasters but you didn't because you were scared. But I dragged you there anyway. You got mad at me after that and acted like a whiny baby so I bought you food and played games with you to make it up to you. 

I won matching headbands in a game, angel and devil. You happily took the devil ones while I took the angel. That's when I took the picture. Both of us smiling widely at the camera, our hands interlocked. 

It's been so long since we've been on a date like that. You're too busy now. But I understand. I know you'll take me out properly once you get a break. 

I smile at the thought and peel out of the lot.